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ON HIS WIFE'S SICKNESS. [1751.]

See, gracious Lord, with pitying eyes,
Low at Thy feet a sufferer lies,
Thy fatherly chastisement proves,
And sick she is whom Jesus loves.
Thy angels plant around her bed,
And let Thy hand support her head;
Thy power her pain to joy convert,
Thy love revive her drooping heart.

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Thy love her soul and body heal,
And let her every moment feel
The' atoning blood by faith applied,
The balm that drops from Jesu's side.